polars-bio
Blazing fast genomic operations on large Python dataframes
Blazing fast genomic operations on large Python dataframes
To install this package, run one of the following:
polars-bio is a Python library for genomics built on top of Polars, Apache Arrow and Apache DataFusion. It provides a DataFrame API for genomics data and is designed to be fast, memory efficient and easy to use.
Key features: - Popular genomic interval operations with a DataFrame API - SQL-powered querying of bioinformatics data - Native parallel engine powered by Apache DataFusion - Out-of-core / streaming processing - Reading from cloud storage - Zero-copy data exchange with Apache Arrow - Support for VCF, BAM, CRAM, SAM, FASTQ, FASTA, BED, GFF, GTF and BigWig/BigBed
Summary
Blazing fast genomic operations on large Python dataframes
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026 at 07:25
License
Apache-2.0
Supported Platforms
GitHub Repository
https://github.com/biodatageeks/polars-bioDocumentation
https://biodatageeks.org/polars-bio/